Texas Senate passes license to discriminate bill
April 4, 2019
Texas Republicans may be quieter about their homophobic agenda this legislative go ‘round, but their actions make their intentions loud and clear.
Texas Face Off: Common sense gun safety
March 26, 2019
Ed Espinoza, Executive Director at Progress Texas, joins KVUE for their political segment to discuss the new advances on common sense gun safety and how detrimental legislation like SB 17, the discriminatory anti-LGBTQIA+ bill, would be to Texas.
How your vote reined in Dan Patrick’s priorities
March 21, 2019
The Texas Legislature has gone from the transphobic bathroom bill and anti-immigrant sanctuary cities ban in 2017, to school finance and property taxes in 2019. How’s that for progressives taking back Texas?
4 progressive takeaways from SXSW
March 20, 2019
What the world’s biggest tech and music conference can teach us about the progressive movement.
LIVE: All In For Equality Advocacy Day at Texas State Capitol
March 18, 2019
We’re at All in for Equality Advocacy Day at the Texas Capitol supporting proactive legislation protecting all Texans! #YallMeansAll
Y’all Means All: Texans are all in for equality
March 18, 2019
The Texas Equality Coalition advocates for inclusive policies that protect all Texans
FOX 7 Discussion: Trump's military transgender ban may begin, keeping service members from their jobs
January 22, 2019
FOX 7 Austin’s Rebecca Thomas talked to Danielle Skidmore, a board member with Equality Texas and Johnathan Saenz, president of Texas Values, about the Supreme Court’s decision to implement the policy that would restrict military service by transgender men and women.
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Bills we’re watching in the 2019 Texas Legislative Session
January 10, 2019
Our team at Progress Texas has gone through all of the bills filed for the 2019 Texas Legislative session. Some are good, some are bad, and some are just straight up ugly.
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10 Worst and Best Texans of 2018
December 19, 2018
This year, some Texans were naughty. Others were nice. We’ve been making our list and checking it twice. Here are the results.
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PODGress Texas: The issues defining the progressive movement in Texas
November 12, 2018
Campaigns come and go, but it’s the issues that drive us – and that’s why we continue working as the voice for a new majority.
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10 Reasons Not to Vote for Dan Patrick
November 5, 2018
Old man Dan has got to go.
Vote like our lives depend on it. Because they do.
November 5, 2018
The lives of everyday Texans are on the ballot today. Vote for them.
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10 Reasons Not to Vote for Greg Abbott
November 5, 2018
Hey Greg, your time is up.
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Don’t vote for indicted Ken Paxton. Need we say more?
November 2, 2018
A list of reasons why indicted Ken needs to go.
10 Reasons Not to Vote for Ted Cruz (As If We Needed More)
October 31, 2018
Spineless Ted needs to go.
PODgress Texas: Why LGBTQIA+ rights matter in this election (Episode 8)
October 30, 2018
A podcast for the new majority.
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Top 10 Worst Sh** in the Texas Republican Party Platform
July 19, 2018
In case you had any doubts, the Texas GOP party platform is still garbage.
Texas Pride: Stories of the LGBTQ Movement & People of Texas
June 26, 2018
Throughout the month of June, Pride celebrations replete with rainbow flags and messages of support help us remember that we are not alone in this fight. And stories of victories and of struggles remind us why we must continue to fight.
Why the Supreme Court Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Matters in Texas
June 4, 2018
Texas has no statewide law that explicitly protects LGBTQ Texans from discrimination — and Texas Republicans have a history of using religion as a weapon to discriminate.
Supreme Court Decisions We’re Watching for in June
May 24, 2018
The Court is set to decide some really important cases by the end of June — cases covering a lot of issues that matter to and impact the lives of Texans, from LGBTQ equality and immigration to workers’, voting, and abortion rights.
